I'm reading my sports blogs about people now a days and it has come to my attention one particular case of a track and field runner from South Africa .
So this teen girl apparently has bust out, yes I said that, these great times that no other woman can compete with on certain track events. So when you are called a cheater it has usually been along the lines of performance enhancing drugs or performance enhancing swimsuits. In this South African teen case, her gender has been questioned.
What the hell. So she runs great times over the others, she's 18 freaking years old and her competitors are a bit older than her. So now she's a man because she running faster times, and better yet, broken her own South African record in her events.
I see something wrong here, if no one else does.
To get on with the story, she has to undergo all of these test to determine if she was a woman. I mean really. How many test can there really be to determine a person's gender. Do a blood draw and be done with it already. The verification requires a physical medical evaluation, and includes reports from a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, an internal medicine specialist and an expert on gender.
And even if they find out that she is a woman, that still doesn't expunge her from cheating, even though she hasn't cheated in the first place.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Cheating in sports
Posted by Dr. Q at 6:35 PM
Labels: cheating in sports, drugs, olympics, track and field
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